"consequential mark" meaning in English

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          "text": "I wrote 5 instead of 6 on the second line of my working, so my answer came out as –4 instead of 30, but thanks to consequential marks I still got 4 marks out of 6.",
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          "text": "Does the scheme allow 'consequential' marks when an early mistake affects later parts of an answer?",
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          "text": "You can still pick up 'method' and 'consequential' marks if you make mistakes early in the question.",
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        "A mark awarded to a student when assessing their work, on the basis that they followed the correct method despite arriving at an incorrect result or conclusion due to an earlier error in the work."
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        "(education) A mark awarded to a student when assessing their work, on the basis that they followed the correct method despite arriving at an incorrect result or conclusion due to an earlier error in the work."
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        "(education) A mark awarded to a student when assessing their work, on the basis that they followed the correct method despite arriving at an incorrect result or conclusion due to an earlier error in the work."
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